A Conversation Among Repository Administrators

A Conversation Among Repository Administrators

Panel Presenters:

•Miko Pattie ([email protected]) Project Director, Kentucky Learning Depot Senior Advisor, Information and Technology Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education • Lori Mathis ([email protected]) University Representative, North Carolina Learning Object Repository Project Manager, Teaching and Learning with Technology Collaborative University of North Carolina

• Susie Henderson, ([email protected]) Director, The Orange Grove: K20 Digital Repository Assoc, Ex Dir, Florida Distance Learning Consortium

Overview

• Current repository trends – What’s happening?• What are the major challenges in initiating and

implementing a statewide or institutional digital repository

• What are the biggest successes?• What financial and human resources are

available to support the project?• Future Directions• Q/A/Audience and Panel Discussion• Join us for dinner to continue the discussion!

Current Trends

Open Educational Resources (OER)• Creative Commons• UBER harvester• NROC• Growing access to public resources worldwide• Comprehensive Online Video Ecosystem

(COVE)

—Distribute PBS content to 6 stations this fall

Current Trends

Metadata • Dublin Core• LOM• SCORE LOM metadata• ATOM

Resource: Metadata Comparison Chart

Current Trends

Metadata • Open source products competing with commercial• Repository structures

—discipline based repositories

Biggest Challenges

For example, if asked the question below by a legislator, what would you say?

“With free repositories available on the internet, why create your own statewide repository?”

Biggest Successes

Institutions and individuals are beginning to request access to The Orange Grove

NROC faculty reviewers want to use the content

Faculty advisers in pilot stage

Integrations progressing

Request for more information from Governor’s office

Demonstrate cost savings in weak budget

Available Resources

Financial and human resources vary by state –

•Kentucky

•Minnesota

•North Carolina

•Florida

Future Trends

Where do we go from here? What’s next?

For help in developing and building your repository, please view and join the community: www.oncoreblueprint.org

Wrap-up

Q&A

Open Discussion

Continue the conversation at dinner